I didn't exactly dislike DA2, but didn't love it either.But it was so different from DA:O. Much more casual.

Story wise... It shows you the start of the mage rebellion, which is a huge conflict present in DA:I.Unless you're hardcore DA:O and strategy fan I think it's worth trying (does origin offer game time tryout for DA2?).

So I began playing Destiny about three weeks ago, and have been relatively active. I must say that though the game is fun (I do still play) it appears as if the developers scrimped on the immersion department among other things. Graphically the game is okay, but when it comes to the little things - the game fails miserably. Anyone else disappointed with huge titles, and their lack of environmental effectiveness? At this time how hard would it have been for the developers to animate the terrain better? Atmospheres are so lazy looking, and dull.

Customization is a redeeming factor, but I would've enjoyed an optional third-person perspective throughout the game. I'm amazed at the community modifications for titles like Fallout or the Elderscrolls, which have an absolutely superior first person scheme - (http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/20891/?) although, their not necessarily without bugs.

Next generation platforms aren't a complete disappointment, I'm still waiting for The Division, and Bloodborne.

Good to see Lamrock play Dragon Age: Origins. I clocked in 153 hours in my last playthrough (including all DLCs and the expansion).

Lamrock wrote:I've heard DA 2 sucks - should I skip it or is it important to the story?

deihatein wrote:I've seen from everywhere that it's a skip. Not sure but I think Lean played and wasn't impressed.

I am still right at the start of the second act. I cringe at the repetitive dungeons, the terrible voice acting of the main character, and the new art style (it's still medieval, but compared to the sleekness of Origins, the changes in the style of DA2 is not welcome to my eyes at least. Apparently the guys at BioWare preferred spikes and squares for DA2), I am also getting a feeling that the story isn't as good as Origins.

The thing is, I am trying to complete DA2 from my transferred Origins save, so that I can transfer my DA2 save to Inquisition. I do so, so I have one continuity of my Dragon Age playthrough.

I tried using Dragon Age Keep, the new save-transferring system for Inquisition -- it does not require you to complete both Origins and DA2 since you can shape your Dragon Age lore using the Keep. You just need to log in EA Origin or use your BioWare Social account. I tried mine, and it still reads my playthrough from way back in 2009!

I ragequitted SoM - my first veteran uruk (or whatever they're called) was some bitch with c-bow, which had immunity to ranged and stealth.Plus he was able to basically instakill me from distance.He almost killed me three times (he wouldn't even finish me off), got even more buffed and after some time I finally killed him.

Than the fucker came back and killed me (again, left me for dead) again even stronger than before. That was the moment I ragequitted.

Okay I did a Google-Fu, Kotaku said that there's no real way to permanently kill Uruk Captains/Warchiefs. While some suggest that the only way to kill them permanently is to behead them. And I think you can only do that by execution kills that randomly select the beheading animation.

Working on a few games right now. 2K15 is in my rotation the most - mostly playing myCareer and NBA Today. Might give myTeam a shot and start a myLeague though.

Infamous: Second Son was a game I was really excited about as I liked the first two and it takes place in Seattle! Pretty disappointed with it though. It was kind of neat seeing Seattle landmarks and such, but while there are some nice touches, the layout is way off and it feels like one of those movies that is set in Seattle, but filmed in Vancouver. Not enjoying the gameplay as much either. The first two had funner missions, and the gameplay seemed to be more strategic. Now it just boils down to blasting guys until your health gets low, and ducking out for 15 seconds or so. The graphics are good and it's neat how they use the PS4's new features I suppose, but I definitely expected more.

Dragon Age: Inquisition is pretty good. It's a bit slow and some of the quests are kind of boring (collect 10 __'s... FOR THE INQUISITION) but it's well-written and I like the spectacle. A definite time-suck but I'll stick it out.

Just finished up the free Injustice game on PS4. I usually hate story modes or "campaign" single player type stuff but the story was actually halfway decent and they integrated the battles in pretty well.

I decided to try out XCOM: Enemy Within and I'm pleased for the most part. I spent over an hour trying to complete a single operation without severe casualties", first pipe" I think was the mission name. and their were a ridiculous amount of cryssalids that kept spawning indefinitely on a ship - the final objective of the mission was to rendezvous before an airstrike hit the infested ship.

A power struggle mission in Shadow of Mordor has this "death by trial" on an Uruk Captain. He faced a Caragor one-on-one. The mission description said that I should interfere while they're fighting, but Caragors are a pain to kill, plus the captain summons a lot of Uruks to fight by his side. I waited the fight to get finished, the captain took a lot of damage from the Caragor which he killed. The mission failed, but after that, the captain walked away and I stealth-killed him. Heh.

Played DA:Inquisition and I need a LITTLE help from you guys. I'm now at the part where we kill this big demon thingy guy and he has this armor and you need to shut down the green thing so his armor would be gone and yadah yadah yadah. It basically is the first real mission of the game. Problem is, I'm still stuck there. The Mage guy doesn't do crap and the short long hair guy dies first everytime and the french girl dies the second. I'm fucking stuck. help

It's been a couple weeks since I beat that mission but that I remember that I got it on my first day, albeit barely. I remember running around reviving my guys whenever they'd get killed - it took awhile but my homies finally whittled his health down all the way.

KevinParker13 wrote:Played DA:Inquisition and I need a LITTLE help from you guys. I'm now at the part where we kill this big demon thingy guy and he has this armor and you need to shut down the green thing so his armor would be gone and yadah yadah yadah. It basically is the first real mission of the game. Problem is, I'm still stuck there. The Mage guy doesn't do crap and the short long hair guy dies first everytime and the french girl dies the second. I'm fucking stuck. help

What difficulty is this? What char are you? You should also have support from other soldiers in there.

Try to play in tactical mode:Start with full potions.Make Cassandra tank the demon so it's not facing you.Make Solas and Varric stay put (they're ranged anyway) - I think it's double clicking in tacmode.Your char's job is to distrupt the rift as much as possible - it strips demon's armor and stuns it. By disrupting you'll get shades from the rift - use Varric and Solas to get rid of them.Use Solas' barrier to protect Cassandra from power attacks (disable it's auto-use).If you're playing as a mage then rotate barriers on Cassandra.Cassandra have this aggro pull ability - disable auto-use and pull to her.

PhatGeezer wrote:NovU, you're a fantasy bball hero to me and all but I don't know why whenever I see you post in this thread it reminds me of me checking my balls for bumps whenever I see those testicular cancer awareness ads on tv... Once I felt nothing unusual on it, I know everything will be fine...

Finished the first episodes for both Game Of Thrones and Tales From The Borderlands, which were both very solid (especially the second one): getting tired of the horrible gamepad controls and no-fun combat in South Park TSOT, so I'm thinking about quitting that one; a little bored with Watch Dogs, can't seem to really get into it, but that one I'll try to finish; and just started Far Cry 4, which looks absolutely stunning at max settings.

Brawn Shadley wrote:3 against 1 match and you guys were losing? That's even more pathetic than rage quitting.

Being the 1 is always a huge advantage because you always know what you are doing ,but it's difficult to play defense with 3 players because dudes are off screen and pulling defenders from the back line

PhatGeezer wrote:NovU, you're a fantasy bball hero to me and all but I don't know why whenever I see you post in this thread it reminds me of me checking my balls for bumps whenever I see those testicular cancer awareness ads on tv... Once I felt nothing unusual on it, I know everything will be fine...

I am a few games away from the playoffs in both myLeague and myCareer in 2K and have active games going in Far Cry 4 and inFamous Second Son but those games haven't been grabbing me much lately. I'm also about halfway through Dragon Age Inquisition. Gotta say the fetch quests have gotten to the point where playing feels like a bit of a chore.

So while I have most of the top games from last year and yet when I fire up my PS4, I usually just end up playing OlliOlli. That game is really hard but addicting.

Replaying God of War 2 for the 4th time. Still good. I've just been noticing the ridiculous pace it has especially from the higher difficulty. GoW 1 from what I remember at least gives you some break from the action by having puzzles. GoW 3 has you walking a mile before you even get to the action.

"You've just fought a new enemy? You died like 5 times? Cool, once you get down from the ladder another new enemy type which is much harder than the last. You feel like you can take on anything after that? BOSS BATTLE!!"

I have not played it yet but it seems GoW: Ascension doesn't feel like a GoW even though from the gameplay that I have seen it has the typical GoW action. The bad reception that I've been reading from it isn't good news too.

shadowgrin wrote:Quick question: who is better in basketball, a black dude or a pinoy dude. If you thought or considered for a moment that it's the black dude then you're also a little bit racist.

Pdub wrote:Got Battlefield Hardline as well. Been playing through the singleplayer story. So far it's pretty good. Going to get into the multiplayer once I finish the campaign.

I'm doing the opposite. Might check out single player if I get tired of online. im a fan of Kelly hu and Benito Martinez

I would recommend playing single player 1 chapter per day. To get the most out of the TV series format - every time you close the game you'll get the "next on hardline" and next time you play singleplayer you'll see the "previously on hardline".You really have to embrace the cop show thing to get the most out of it.

Also you'll get some battlepacks for finishing chapters and collecting evidence.

Go to your Battlelog Agent > Awards > Assignments section and you can see all the rewards.For episodes 1 through 7 you'll get Bronze battlepack per episode. For episodes 8 and 9 you'll get Silver for each. And you'll get a Gold one for ep. 10 (the ending).Plus you'll get a Silver battlepack for each case you'll solve (find all the evidence).

Trying to finish as many missions as possible in Far Cry 4, started Alien: Isolation recently, playing episodes 2 of Tales From The Borderlands and Dreamfall Chapters, and about to play episode 3 of Game Of Thrones.I'm trying to get mostly everything out of the way in order to prepare for The Witcher 3.

Bloodborne - very similar in many ways, though according to the big honcho (Miyazaki) - it's more of a Demon's Souls-esque title. Let's just say I'm having a hard time with cooperation - specifically with friends. That screenshot marks the 5th time I fell victim to going solo (shortly afterwards I conceded and another random hunter joined my game, in which he made short work of the boss).

Here's some footage of my gameplay. I encountered this boss for the first time a while ago (this video is my first and only encounter), I applied a bloodgem with special properties which allowed my attack damage to increase at a certain percentage when at full health - so I was spamming blood vials as I wasn't particularly powerful at that time.